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“You need to pave your own path,”she would always say.“Do not let fear, or doubt,ever stand in your way”.“Just take the bull by the horns.”“Jump right into the fray.”

“Carpe diem, Gary James.Seize every day.”…

I would see the familiar postmark,and I would always smileA thoughtful note, a card, a poem,certainty, every once in a whileThat perfect hand writingHer unique, unmistakeable styleMy consistent, truest inspirationSpanning many a mile

“Carpe diem, Gary JamesSeize every day.”

Invariably, my phone would ring
after a few sunken days in a row
When I needed her buoyant words,
she would lift me from my low
Her soothing and assuring voice
A motivational “get up and go”
Not sure just how she knew
She just always seemed to know

“Carpe diem, Gary JamesSeize every day.”

Even as the cruelty of life
slowly seized the best of her
Even as her struggling breaths
slowly faded away…

Even in the face of the inevitable,in the last squeeze of her hand,her message seeped into my heartAnd it’s forever here to stay…